Why choose AstraZeneca India?
Help push the boundaries of science to deliver life-changing medicines to patients. After 45 years in India, we’re continuing to secure a future where everyone can access affordable, sustainable, innovative healthcare.
The part you play in our business will be challenging, yet rewarding, requiring you to use your resilient, collaborative and diplomatic skillsets to make connections. The majority of your work will be field based, and will require you to be highly-organised, planning your monthly schedule, attending meetings and calls, as well as writing up reports.
Who do we look for?
Calling all tech innovators, ownership takers, challenge seekers and proactive collaborators. At AstraZeneca, breakthroughs born in the lab become transformative medicine for the world's most complex diseases. We empower people like you to push the boundaries of science, challenge convention, and unleash your entrepreneurial spirit. You'll embrace differences and take bold actions to drive the change needed to meet global healthcare and sustainability challenges.
Here, diverse minds and bold disruptors can meaningfully impact the future of healthcare using cutting-edge technology. Whether you join us in Bengaluru or Chennai, you can make a tangible impact within a global biopharmaceutical company that invests in your future. Join a talented global team that's powering AstraZeneca to better serve patients every day.
Success Profile
Ready to make an impact in your career? If you're passionate, growth-orientated and a true team player, we'll help you succeed. Here are some of the skills and capabilities we look for.
Tech innovators
Make a greater impact through our digitally enabled enterprise. Use your skills in data and technology to transform and optimise our operations, helping us deliver meaningful work that changes lives.
Ownership takers
If you're a self-aware self-starter who craves autonomy, AstraZeneca provides the perfect environment to take ownership and grow. Here, you'll feel empowered to lead and reach excellence at every level — with unrivalled support when you need it.
Challenge seekers
Adapting and advancing our progress means constantly challenging the status quo. In this dynamic environment where everything we do has urgency and focus, you'll have the ability to show up, speak up and confidently take smart risks.
Proactive collaborators
Your unique perspectives make our ambitions and capabilities possible. Our culture of sharing ideas, learning and improving together helps us consistently set the bar higher. As a proactive collaborator, you'll seek out ways to bring people together to achieve their best.
Responsibilities
Title: Lead Consultant- Java Software Engineer
Career Level: E
Introduction to role:
AstraZeneca is currently seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our R&D IT Solution Delivery Team. This role will entail writing customized software solutions for preclinical and clinical applications, ensuring reliability, performance, and security, while supporting AstraZeneca’s digital transformation goals. You will be designing and implementing new features, enhancing existing features, providing bug fixes, and taking ownership for the delivery of a team. You will work closely with engineering leaders, business analysts, and mentor junior members. The successful candidate will work across a variety of projects and technology stacks.
Accountabilities:
The role of our ideal candidate will include but not limited to:
Technical Leadership: Provide technical direction and mentorship to junior and mid-level engineers, fostering their growth and development.
Coding and Development: Writing clean, efficient, and maintainable code based on project requirements.
Software Design: Lead the design and architecture of software solutions, ensuring scalability, reliability, and maintainability.
Code Quality Assurance: Establish and enforce high coding standards, conducting thorough code reviews to ensure quality.
Problem Solving and Innovation: Lead efforts in solving complex technical challenges and drive innovation within projects and processes.
Project Ownership: Take ownership of new feature timelines and work, coordinating with product owners and multi-functional teams to ensure successful execution.
Performance Optimization: Analyse and optimise system performance, addressing bottlenecks and improving efficiency.
Continuous Improvement: Find opportunities for process improvement and implement standard methodologies across the software development lifecycle.
Security and Compliance: Ensure code and systems align with security standard processes and industry regulations.
Research and Development: Stay updated on industry trends and emerging technologies, evaluating and recommending new tools or practices that can benefit the organization.
Essential Skills/Experience:
Expert Java Programming: Mastery of Java, including deep knowledge of its libraries such as Spring Boot, frameworks, and advanced concepts like concurrency and performance optimization.
Object Orientated Design: Expert in OOD, including knowledge of design patterns, polymorphism, and inheritance.
Comprehensive AWS Expertise: In-depth knowledge of AWS services, including but not limited to EC2, S3, Lambda, DynamoDB, RDS, VPC, IAM, CloudFormation, and API Gateway. Ability to architect complex AWS solutions and manage full lifecycle deployments on AWS.
Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Expertise in using tools like CDK or Terraform for defining and deploying infrastructure.
DevOps and CI/CD: Advanced understanding of DevOps principles and experience with tools like Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and Docker for automating build, test, and deployment processes.
Containerisation: Experience with Docker and container orchestration tools such as Kubernetes or AWS ECS/EKS.
Security and Compliance: Strong understanding of AWS security standard methodologies. Strong understanding of SSO. Understanding of security protocols such as OAuth2.
Database and Data Management: Experience with both relational and NoSQL databases, including performance tuning and data migration.
Problem Solving and Optimization: Strong analytical skills to tackle sophisticated problems and optimize performance and cost of existing solutions.
Leadership and Mentoring: Ability to lead technical teams, mentor engineers, and communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical collaborators.
Project Management and Agile: Experience managing projects in Agile environments, with skills in organizing, prioritizing, and delivering complex projects on time. Expertise on delivering frequent releases in an Agile manner.
Version Control and Collaboration: Mastery of Git and collaborative development practices, including branching and merging strategies.
Web Development: Advanced understanding of front-end technologies (e.g., HTML, CSS, JavaScript) to work on full-stack development. Experience in front-end SPA frameworks like React and Vue.
API Development: Experience designing, building, and maintaining RESTful APIs.
Proficient at writing unit and integration tests with tools like Pytest.
Clean Coding: Expert in writing clean and maintainable code
Educational Requirements:
Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science or an IT-related subject area with at least 8 years of experience in the IT industry.
Desirable Skills/Experience:
Experience in the scientific or pharmaceutical industry
Understanding of the fundamentals of science and experience in the pharmaceutical sector.
Advanced end-to-end testing: Experience of testing methods such as shift-left testing and BDD.
Machine Learning and AI: Knowledge of machine learning and how it can be applied to data
Serverless and Event-Driven Architectures: Advanced use of serverless technologies and event-driven architectures for efficient, scalable solutions.
Microservices and Container Orchestration: Experience with designing and managing microservices and using container orchestration services like AWS EKS.
Proficient in applying AWS services like EMR, Glue, Redshift, and Kinesis for large-scale data processing and analytics.
IoT Solutions: Experience with AWS IoT services for developing IoT applications and managing IoT devices.
Cost Optimization: Skills in analyzing and optimizing AWS costs through budgeting tools and standard methodologies.
Programming Languages: Advanced skills in scripting with languages like Bash to automate routine tasks. Expertise in multiple programming languages like JavaScript or Java.
Soft Skills and Leadership: Strong leadership abilities and soft skills for influencing technology decisions and leading teams effectively.
Certification: AWS Certifications as recognition of expertise.
Multi-Functional Exposure: Experience collaborating closely with product, operations, or business teams to align technical solutions with business goals.
When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we ignite ambitious thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working gives us the platform we need to connect, work at pace and challenge perceptions. That's why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesn't mean we're not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and ambitious world.
At AstraZeneca, our work has a direct impact on patients by redefining our ability to develop life-changing medicines. We empower the business to perform at its peak by combining innovative science with leading digital technology platforms. Join us at a crucial stage of our journey in becoming a digital-led enterprise where you can make the impossible possible by building partnerships, creating new ways of working, driving scale, speed to deliver exponential growth.
Ready to take on this exciting challenge? Apply now!
AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics. We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.
Reasons to Join
Thomas Mathisen
There are many things I enjoy when working at AstraZeneca, mainly the Speak up culture, the great colleagues that are in my teams, the great products that AstraZeneca provides to our patients and the challenging conversations I have around our medicines.
Christine Recchio
Working at AstraZeneca has impacted my life in such a positive way. I now have an improved work-life balance through creating my own schedule and time management, I feel a balance that I didn’t have before.
Stephanie Ling
There are a lot of reasons why I enjoy working in AstraZeneca, my colleagues being one of them. My team members and the managers have provided a great deal of guidance in helping me to be more confident in my daily work.
What we offer
We're driven by our shared values of serving people, society and the planet. Our people make this possible, which is why we prioritise diversity, safety, empowerment and collaboration. Discover what a career at AstraZeneca could mean for you.
Lifelong learning
Our development opportunities are second to none. You'll have the chance to grow your abilities, skills and knowledge constantly as you accelerate your career. From leadership projects and constructive coaching to overseas talent exchanges and global collaboration programmes, you'll never stand still.
Autonomy and reward
Experience the power of shaping your career how you want to. We are a high-performing learning organisation with autonomy over how we learn. Make big decisions, learn from your mistakes and continue growing — with performance-based rewards as part of the package.
Health and wellbeing
An energised work environment is only possible when our people have a healthy work-life balance and are supported for their individual needs. That's why we have a dedicated team to ensure your physical, financial and psychological wellbeing is a top priority.
Inclusion and diversity
Diversity and inclusion are embedded in everything we do. We're at our best and most creative when drawing on our different views, experiences and strengths. That's why we're committed to creating a workplace where everyone can thrive in a culture of respect, collaboration and innovation.
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